In May 2008 Bucky Pizzarelli came to Toronto to play at the Heliconian Club. After the gig he kindly agreed to give me a lesson the following morning at his hotel. Here's the first 15 minutes or so. The guitar is a mid-1940's L50 which we traded back and forth during the lesson. In this part we were working on straight acoustic rhythm. His message (repeated often): "Lighten up!"
I wanted to share this as a tribute to the memory of this charming and generous guitarist. Please ignore my flubs!
A belated thanks for this gem you shared with us. Bucky comes across as such a friendly and warm person, in addition to being the master we all know he was. You were lucky to have this opportunity of meeting him!
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Someone posted a few videos on facebook. Here's the band playing Four. Before anyone asks, it's not my video, so no, I can't put it on YouTube.
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Thanks for the post! I saw Chet Atkin's first guitar in the CMHF years ago and he had scratched his name in it too. So far i've never had that desire :)
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